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All the ideas for 'Locke on Essences and Kinds', 'Could a computer ever understand?' and 'Paraconsistent Logic'

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4. Formal Logic / E. Nonclassical Logics / 7. Paraconsistency

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Paraconsistent reasoning can just mean responding sensibly to inconsistencies [Jago]

9. Objects / D. Essence of Objects / 13. Nominal Essence

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If kinds depend only on what can be observed, many underlying essences might produce the same kind [Eagle]

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Nominal essence are the observable properties of things [Eagle]

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Nominal essence mistakenly gives equal weight to all underlying properties that produce appearances [Eagle]

15. Nature of Minds / B. Features of Minds / 1. Consciousness / e. Cause of consciousness

4921	Quantum states in microtubules could bind brain activity to produce consciousness [Penrose]

26. Natural Theory / B. Natural Kinds / 4. Source of Kinds

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Kinds are fixed by the essential properties of things - the properties that make it that kind of thing [Eagle]